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BOTTLE WASHER. No. 499,021. Patented'June 6, 1893.

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UNITE STATES CHARLES W. HAMANN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,021, dated June 6,1893.

Application filed March 3, 1892. Serial No. 4:23.619. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. HAMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-WVashing Machines, of which the following is such a full, clear,concise, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the artto which my invention appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine capable of washingbottles and like articles, in quantity, effectively and expeditiously,cleansing and rinsing the same on the outside as well as Within? and myinvention consists in the devices and combinations of deviceshereinafter more particularly described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1, is a view in elevation of the apparatus showing the bottles inposition for washing, and Fig. 2, is a plan view of the same, with,however, the bottles removed. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section withthe revolving cogs and gearings removed and is taken on the line X X ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line Y Y of Fig. 8, withportion broken away to show more clearly the water circulation. Fig. 5is a sectional view in detail of one of the upright washing tubes orholders fitted with rubber scraper for inside of the bottles. Fig. 6 isa transverse section of the upper portion of the machine to show thedrum G and its supporting bearings. Fig. 7 illustrates a modified formof inside scraper for'cleaning the bottles.

Suitably supported upon the column A, is the basin B, through the centerof which proj ects the cook or tube 19, upon which is 1nount ed the hubo of the horizontal wheel 0 as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.In the cock I) are openings b b lying in the same horizontal plane with,and arranged so as to be connected at regular intervals with openings inthe hub as will be clearly seen upon reference to Figs. 3 and 4 fromwhich project the hollow spokes c supporting the hollow ring or rim 0which ring is made in sec tions,-each spoke leading to a separatesection. Arranged upon the rim 0 are the small hollow bosses e e, inwhich are secured the tubes e, provided with the collars e resting onthe springs e From the tubes (2', project the smaller bent pipes ff,having openings f f and provided with scrapers f f or if desired thepipes ff may be fitted with bristles. An angle arm I) the direction ofwhich is indicated by dotted lines on Fig. 2, and by full lines in Fig.3 projects from the top of the cock I? and forms a bearing for thevertical axis g, upon which the drum G is thus mounted eccentrically tothe wheel 0. Said vertical axis g has its upper end mounted in a bearingg (see Figs. 2 and 8) carried by a horizontal arm 9 supported in anysuitable manner from the frame work of the machine. The drum Gwhich,when the machine is in operation, bears against the outsides of thebottles, is preferably mantled with wood to which is secured a jute,carpet rope or similar rough wrapping. Upon one side of the Wheel 0 andabove the tops of the pipes f, is preferably secured at a slight angle,by suitable bracket h, the curved brush it, while also near the same isarranged the curved pipe 2', with small perforations t" t" and 0011-necting pipe j, through which the water is ad mitted by the cock j fromsupply pipe 10. A branch pipe is from pipe 7c is arranged to supplywater to the cock I), while the basin may be drained by the pipe 10Motion is imparted to the wheel 0 by means of the shaft d and worm-wheeld. This shaft (1 is also adapted by means of the beveled cog wheels Z Z,to operate the upright shaft L, and through the chain gearing m torevolve the drum G; and also by the connecting gearing m the wheel 01,from which wheel to the wheel 11. is stretched a rubber tubing or belt0.

In operating the machine, the bottles to be washed are placed over thepipes f f withv their mouths downward resting upon the collars e c andthe water allowed to flow up into the cock b. A slow motion is impartedto the wheel 0 by the shaft (Z and a more rapid motion in the oppositedirection to the drum G through the gearing m while the rubber band orhose 0 is made to travel rapidly but in the direction indicated by thearrows. As the openings in the hub O are brought over apertures b b inthe cock b, the water passes through the hollow spokes c c to the cornnecting sections of the rim 0 and shoots up through the openings in thepipes ff sprinkling the insides of the bottles. At the same time thebottoms of the bottles are brought under the bristles of the inclinedbrush it and their sides against the rough covering of the drum G. Thedrum G bearing against the sides of the bottles, imparts a rotary motionto them which is increased by the rubbcrtubing 0, which bearing againstthe opposite sides moves rapidly in the opposite direction. At the sametime water is admitted through the openings in the small pipe 1', andthus simultaneously the bottles are scraped, rinsed and cleansed on allsides without and within. As the wheel 0 further turns the water is cutoff and admitted into successive sections of the hollow rim. The bottleswhich have been brushed and scraped may be removed as they are carriedaway from the drum G and sprinkling pipe z', and other bottlessubstituted without stopping the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bottle washing machine, the combination of a hollow sectionalring provided with a series of apertures, a water supply pipe arrangedto admit and cut off a supply of water to the successive sections ofsaid ring at determined intervals, a drum adapted to co-operate withsaid ring to cleanse the bottles, and means for revolving said ring anddrum.

2. In a bottle washing machine, a hollow sectional ring provided with aseries of apertures having tubes extending therefrom, a drum mountedeccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of thebottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, means for revolvingsaid drum and ring, and connections whereby water is admitted tosuccessive sections of said ring, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. In a bottle washing machine, a hollow sectional ring provided with aseries of apertures having tubes extending therefrom, a drum mountedeccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of thebottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, a belt arranged to bearagainst the opposite sides of said bottles, means for revolving saiddrum and ring and running said belt, and connections whereby water isadmitted to successive sections of said ring, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. In a bottle washing machine, a hollow sectional ring provided with aseries of apertures having tubes extending therefrom, a drum mountedeccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of thebottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, a belt arranged to bearagainst the opposite sides of said bottles,a brush supported above thesame, a sprinkling pipe, means for revolving said drum and ring andrunning said belt, and connections whereby water is admitted tosuccessive sections of said ring, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

5. In a bottle washing machine, the combination of a cock provided withapertures, a hub mounted on said cook, a sectional ring or rim providedwith a series of apertures, tubes connecting said ring with openings insaid hub, scrapers mounted on said tubes to cleanse the bottleinteriorly, a water supply pipe leading to said cock and means forrevolving said hub and ring, whereby, as the openings in said hub arebrought over the apertures in said cock, water is introduced intosuccessive sections, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle washing machine, a cock provided with apertures, a hubmounted on said cook, a sectional ring, a series of tubes projectingfrom said ring and provided with scrapers, tubes connecting the sectionsof said ring with openings in said hub, a drum mounted eccentrically tosaid ring and adapted to bear against the sides of the bottles placedover said tubes adjacent thereto, a water supply pipe leading to saidcock, and means for revolving said drum and ring, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

CHARLES W. HAMANN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR SMITH, R. G. MONROE.

